Social media posts report the installation of anti-missile systems on top of defense-related and administrative buildings in Moscow. The measure suggests fear of attacks on the capital.
Russia is installing Pantsir-S1 anti-missile systems, capable of intercepting attacks from planes, helicopters and cruise missiles, atop strategic buildings in Moscow linked to the country’s administration or defense.
Mother of God, did they really take a Pantsir-S on the roof of the Russian Ministry of Defense building? pic.twitter.com/PPhXsNd2rR
— Illia Ponomarenko ???????? (@IAPonomarenko) January 19, 2023
Several videos and photographs, released on social networks on Thursday, show these new protection measures implemented – which suggest that the Kremlin will somehow be afraid of airstrikes on the capital.
According to the British Guardian, the images show one of these systems placed on the roof of an eight-story building used by the Russian Defense Ministry, next to one of the banks of the river that gives the city its name. And another installed on top of a building, somehow connected to the Ministry of Education, in the Taganka district, a mile and a half from the Kremlin.
Pantsir systems are being placed, one at a skyscraper in central Moscow and another at the country’s Defense Ministry. pic.twitter.com/E8L2iKh12N
— Damage Control (@WarInUkraineYet) January 19, 2023
Anton Gerashchenko, adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, also reported on the situation on social media on Thursday. “The Pantsir-1, an anti-aircraft missile and weapon system, was installed in Moscow, right on the roof of an apartment building,” he wrote on Twitter, before leaving a question on the air: “Why, does anyone have any ideas?”
Pantsir-1, an anti-aircraft missile and weapons complex, was installed in Moscow right on the roof of an apartment building.
In relation to what, one wonders? pic.twitter.com/Gy1qsnjVNi
— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) January 19, 2023
Despite the fact that some publications report on the installation of this type of system in official buildings in Moscow since the first days of 2023, it was precisely this Thursday, the eve of the meeting of the so-called Contact Group for Ukraine, that the videos and photographs began. . to appear Massively posted on pro-Russian Telegram channels and other social media.
It should be remembered that the meeting this Friday, at the Ramstein air base, in Germany, served precisely to coordinate the supply of aid from the 50 countries that make up the Contact Group to kyiv and that President Volodymyr Zelensky has repeatedly requested Leopard delivery. 2 tanks and F-16 aircraft for the Ukrainian forces.
Russian military sources have so far not confirmed the installation of this type of system. But, also according to The Guardian, in recent weeks several Russian media have reported on this reinforcement of security in Moscow, carried out not only by mounting short and medium-range anti-missile systems, but also Pantsir, but also missile systems. S-400 long-range missiles.
Another air defense complex was seen in the Moscow region, 10 km from Putin’s residence.
The video was reportedly taken on January 6 near the village of Zarechye, Odintsovo district. Supposedly it is Pantsir C1.
What is going on, one wonders? pic.twitter.com/UNeuiJRMZ4
— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) January 20, 2023
Meanwhile, this Friday morning, Anton Gerashchenko returned to Twitter and to the subject, to share a video of the installation of another anti-missile system, now outside the capital, but still in the Moscow region, and only 10 kilometers from the town. President Vladimir Putin.
“The video was allegedly captured on January 6 near the village of Zarechye in the Odintsovo district. It is supposedly a Pantsir C1,” the Ukrainian adviser wrote.
Source: Observadora
